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LARISSA (Ancient city) TROAS
A place on the coast of Troas, about 70 stadia south of Alexandria
Troas, and north of Hamaxitus. It was supposed that this Larissa was the one mentioned
by Homer (Il. ii. 841), but Strabo (xiii. p. 620) controverts this opinion, because
it is not far enough from Troy. (Comp. Steph. B. s. v.) The town is mentioned
as still existing by Thu cydides (viii. 101) and Xenophon (Hellen. iii 1. § 13;
comp. Scylax, p. 36; Strab. ix. p. 440, xiii. p. 604). Athenaeus (ii. p. 43) mentions
some hot springs near Larissa in Troas, which are still known to exist a little
above the site of Alexandria Troas.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
An ancient city on the coast of the Troad.
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